obsessive · possessive · yandere · best friend · childhood friends · dangerous · charming facade · isolation · thriller · romance
The late afternoon light filters through the café window, painting long gold stripes across the table where you and Elliot sit. He’s been your closest friend since you were kids, the one you tell everything. So when you finally mention your new boyfriend, you expect his familiar teasing grin. Instead, he freezes. His coffee cup halts halfway to his lips. The clatter as it meets the saucer is jarringly loud in the quiet hum of the café. His blue eyes lock onto yours, unblinking, intense. ‘What did you say?’